Soap Box

Posted on 07.21.2017

A House Divided

America is worn out with the U.S. Congress, disgusted, and the disgust is beginning to turn to contempt as they flounder around like fish out of water, pointing fingers and trying to fix the blame on the opposing party.

The truth is that they’re all to blame, in fact they’re all guilty of putting their own selfish political interests ahead of the people who elected them, pay their salaries, their benefits, and provide the opportunity for the golden parachutes they bail out in when they leave office.

If you want to get down to the truth of the matter, these people are not patriots. At least not to the United States of America. They are patriotic to their political parties, their ideology, their own greed and thirst for power.

These men and women are not interested in working together because that would mean sharing the credit, or the blame, whichever the case may be.

Instead of sitting down and reasoning together they look for the first television camera and carp at each other, creating a never-ending game of one-upsmanship, all the while spouting out phrases like partisanship and reaching across the aisle, knowing they have no intention of cooperating.

Politics in America has gotten so out of focus that the “public service” aspect has all but disappeared, even from their collective lexicon, as it rightfully should, because they are certainly not serving the public.

Well folks, that is what happens when a government grows so big as to have a finger in every facet of our lives, every move they make effecting our security, our economics, our health and our prosperity, and it’s terrifying to think that such a bunch of losers can have so much effect on our lives,

Government has no business being in the health care business. As Obamacare has proven, our government is totally incapable of such an undertaking, and I can’t imagine why anybody thinks that it can be patched up to be anything but an ultra-expensive failed experiment in socialism, exclusive courtesy of the Democratic Party.

Government deals in a one size fits all mentality, trying to grab control of whatever they can get their grubby hands on, things best left to the private sector which is motivated by profit rather than political power and where free market forces can demand quality control.

Medical costs will never go down unless there is tort reform, and for a very basic reason.

Any doctor who will be frank about it will tell you that a preponderance of the tests and diagnostic procedures they order have very little to do with the health of the patient, but everything to do with having to possibly go to court and be accused of malpractice by some
ambulance chaser because some unneeded test hadn’t been done, whether it would have made a difference or not.

And unless there is a public outcry loud enough to loosen the mortar on Capitol Hill, tort reform will never happen.

Such is the power of trial lawyers over our legislative branch.

And the Republicans, the fractured, disjointed GOP that literally makes an art out of losing, many of whom are actually democrats at heart, who, whether majority or minority can’t get their act together and probably couldn’t all agree whether the sun is shining or not.

So, we’ve got this gaggle of men and women who make grandiose promises, then go to Washington and basically accomplish nothing, simply because they’d rather just take their ball and go home rather than biting the bullet, making the hard choices and actually getting something done for their long suffering constituents.

Well hear this, Congress, we the people did not send you to Washington D.C. to be Democrats or Republicans, we sent you there to be Americans and it is your job - no - your duty, to hold your collective noses if you have to, back burner your obsessions and get to work.

If President Trump colluded with the Russians to the detriment of America, show your evidence and impeach him, but while you frantically and fruitlessly search for it, let the business of the nation go forth.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops, our police and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

— Charlie Daniels

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I disagree completely

I think you are 100%, completely wrong. That's what I think. That Obamacare is a disaster is the most over hyped myth every created by the GOP.Posted by Nick

Russian Collusion

Whether or not the Russians gave the Trump information against Hillary is a moot point. It does not amount to any thing against national security or any thing else of substance for that matter. It is just the news media trying to cause any kind of disruption to the Trump agenda hoping they can cause enough to subvert his policies.Posted by Richard

A house divided

TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS ARTICLE!!! They all need to go! #draintheswampPosted by TRACY

Mr.Daniels Speach

AMENPosted by Larry

Who is to blame?

Apparently everyone but Charlie.Posted by Dana

Dana

Just how in the WORLD are the problems in Washington D.C. supposedly Charlie's fault? Posted by Ben

Who do you think votes for these guys?

Charlie's big moment was his vote for Trump. Let us see how that works out.Posted by Dana

Amen, Amen, and Amen Charlie, I wonder sometimes if Merle knew how prophetic the line he wrote , Just a white boy lookin’ for a place to do my thing, actually were? nuff said God Bless PlowboyPosted by Plowboy

Subject

Old wise They don't care if they're losers because they're laughing all the way to the banktold me fifty years ago ,one side was a bunch of idiots and the other a bunch of losers they just take turns holding the trophy, and they're laughing all the way to the bank while they serve their big oil, big bank, big corporations gods.Posted by J

I stand with Charlie Daniels

Well said Charlie. Our generation has to educate the younger generation because they never had to work or struggle to reach their goals. They passively accept the poor leadership in our country as long as they get what they want. Most have been brainwashed in our government schools. Thank you for standing up. I stand with you.Posted by Jennifer

a house divided

Lets pray and hope the next generation isn't being educated by people like DanaPosted by Robert

Hail to the Chief

It is absolutely amazing to see our non politician president stand against both parties in his attempt to right the American ship of greed and gridlock. The only way to continue to assist him is to insist on term limits for all political positions in Washington DC. The longer a person remains in office, the richer, more greedy, and blind they become. We must stand together to get them out of career political mentality and help ourselves Make America Great Again. Otherwise we can only blame ourselves for what will happen to our country if we do nothing.Posted by Jim

Praying to hurt

The conservative right may not be just but God is.Posted by Dana

A House Divided

Thank you, Mr. Daniels, you always have such good, logical things to say.Posted by Carol

Using the Private Sector

I agree that healthcare is “best left to the private sector” and should not be motivated by political power. However, I do not believe that it should be “motivated by profit”. Instead, it should be motivated by truly serving the public. Conservatives and libertarians tend to believe that when people act in their own self interest, everything will fall into place just fine, but this is counterproductive. I believe that when there is capitalism, people need to be RESPONSIBLE with their economic freedom. When people are not responsible with this, they turn to the government for help. Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” does not bring balance or meritocracy, it brings socialism. -- Tru ColaPosted by Tru